BIMARU

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Etymology

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Word-play on Hindi बीमार (bīmār, sick, ill), coined by Indian demographer Ashish Bose in the 1980s.

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BIMARU

  1. (India, sometimes derogatory) Initialism of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, the poorest and least developed regions in India.

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